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Languages Spoken

English

Academic Background

BSc (Waterloo), MSc (Toronto), PhD (Waterloo)

Biography

My background includes training in health studies, epidemiology and gerontology.My research focuses on health care services for older adults (aged 65+) and individuals who are receiving hospice and palliative care services at the end of their lives.I’m also involved in developing and testing assessment instruments to be used with older adults and with individuals who have a combined vision and hearing loss.I am also interested in creating indicators to assess the quality of health care services in different settings such as home care and hospice/palliative care.

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Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1.Guthrie DM, Poss JW.Development of a case-mix funding system for adults with vision and hearing loss.BMC Health Services Research [in press; accepted April 8, 2013].

1.Thériault É, Guthrie DM.Are older adults with communication difficulties at a disadvantage?Dual sensory loss, language and other risk factors for depression among home care clients. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Vancouver, BC. Oct. 18-20, 2012.

2.Mofina A, Guthrie DM.Comparison of home care quality indicators and the influence of risk adjustment between two provinces.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres. Toronto, ON.June 18-19, 2012.

3.Beggs J, Guthrie DM.Dual sensory loss and its relationship to communication and functional status among home care clients.Poster presented at the 2012 Canadian interRAI Conference, Vancouver, BC. May 7-12, 2012.

4.Mofina A, Guthrie DM.Comparison of home care quality indicators and the influence of risk adjustment between two provinces.Poster presented at the 2012 Canadian interRAI Conference, Vancouver, BC. May 7-12, 2012.